My first kit was a Gretsch. I sold it to one of my students who needed a kit. He moved to NJ and I never heard from him again. Move up 20 years. I walk into the local GC. There 's my kit. Someone had left it in a storage facilty in NJ and it had been sitting there for years. The storgae guy gave the kit away and now the guy wanted $3500.00 for it since it was vintage.